Alexander Sloan

Alex Sloan "has invested in and helped grow venture-backed companies for over ten years. Alex is a founding partner of Blackwolf Partners, a venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and Chicago focused on early stage investments in sustainable and clean technologies.

"Prior to Blackwolf Partners, Mr. Sloan served as interim Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development for Encirq Corporation. Prior to Encirq, he spent three years with JPMorgan Partners, during which he served as Chief Operating Officer of two major heritage Hambrecht & Quist venture capital funds, which focused on promising technology and information services companies.   From 1993 through 1996, Alex was Vice President of Vietnam Fund Management Company Limited, managing the fund's venture investments in Ho Chi Minh City.  From 1992-1993, Alex served as a presidential appointee in the Bush Administration as Aide to the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

"For the last 14 years, Alex has served as Chairman and President of National Youth Leadership Forum, which provides career oriented educational programs for high school students. Alex is a member of the Advisory Council of the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at Cornell University and often lectures on venture capital financing, entrepreneurship and sustainable technologies.  Alex earned an B.A. from Tulane University (1991), studied at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1989-90), and holds an MBA from Cornell University (1998).  Alex currently resides in San Francisco, CA." 

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